# Indian economy

• India’s industrial output grew at the fastest pace in october 2020 at 3.6%.

• Consumer durables production surpassing levels last seen prior to the covid-19 pandemic.

• This data is released as per quick estimates from the national stastistical office (NSO).

• Electricity generation grew 11.2% in october compared to a 12.2% decline a year ago.

# Nambi Narayanan case

• A three member committee chaired by former supreme court judge DK Jain is scheduled to begin work on unravelling the rogue officials responsible for the infamous “frame up” case of 1994, which destroyed the life and reputation of Nambi narayanan.

• Nambi narayanan is one of the country’s prominent space scientists who was working on cryogenic engine technology at the premier Indian space research organisation .

• The police investigators had falsely accused him of passing on documents and drawings of ISRO, relating to viking/vikas engine technology and PSLV flight data/drawings to pakistan.

# “Black day” against CAA

• Students organisations across the eight north eastern states relaunched their movement against the CAA by observing black day on friday.

• The NESO is the apex body of the states and tribe based student bodies.

• It comprises of All Assam Student’s union, all arunachal pradesh students union, khasi students union, mizo zirlai pawl, garo students’ union, naga students federation, twipra students federation and all manipur students union.

# EL Nino

• Droughts in India have historically been associated with EL Nino, an anomalous warming of the equatorial pacific.

• But, the study that appears in “Journal science” says that nearly six out of ten droughts are in non- EL Nino years, that occured during the indian summer-monsoon season in the past century may have been driven by atmospheric disturbances from the north atlantic region.

• In an EL-Nino year, abnormally warm equatorial pacific waters pull moisture-laden clouds away from the sub-continent.

• But the IISc study shows that in non-EL Nino years, these droughts are a consequence of a sudden and steep drop in rainfall in august.

• The study was led by researchers at the centre for atmospheric and oceanic sciences (CAOS), Indian Institute of science, Bengaluru.

# Today in India’s history

• 1911 – Delhi replaces calcutta as the capital of India.

• 1940 – Sharad Pawar, Indian politician(founded nationalist congress party in 1999), born in Baramati, Bombay presidency, British India.